Ecology Summary - Munidopsis penescabra
Ecology of Munidopsis penescabra
 
Main Ref. Felder, D.L., F. Alvarez, J.W. Goy and R. Lemaitre, 2009
Remarks Found on the outer continental shelf and slope (Ref. 97531), on muddy pteropod-foraminiferan ooze and associated with stalked crinoids, sponges, bryozoans, barnacles, brachiopods and few dead scleractinian fragments (Ref. 132320).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

Marine - Neritic Marine - Oceanic Brackishwater Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies
  • supra-littoral zone
  • littoral zone
  • sublittoral zone
  • epipelagic
  • mesopelagic
  • epipelagic
  • abyssopelagic
  • hadopelagic
  • estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas
  • mangroves
  • marshes/swamps
  • rivers/streams
  • lakes/ponds
  • caves
  • exclusively in caves
Highighted items on the list are where Munidopsis penescabra may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref. Felder, D.L., F. Alvarez, J.W. Goy and R. Lemaitre, 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Macpherson, E., L. Beuck and A. Freiwald, 2016
Associations
Associated with stalked crinoids, sponges, bryozoans, barnacles, brachiopods and few dead scleractinian fragments of Lophela pertusa.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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